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GERTRUDE O'BRIEN

Mrs. James A. O:Brien Jr., for- 1959 she has been chairman of the merly Gertrude K. Ready, a mem- presentee committee of the annual ber of St. Mary's Cathedral par- Bishop's Ball.

Mrs. O'Brien has been involved ish, Fall River, for 38 years, will head the 1988 Catholic CharitIes with St. Vincent's Home; the CenAppeal in the Fall River Diocese. , . tury Club of Bishop Connolly High She is ' thef thIrd woman m the 47- S c h 00;I t h e F' f SA nen d sot. nne's . I h Chi' W ' year history 0 the Appeal to serve H in this capacity. __ oSP.I!a.; t. ~ at 0 IC oman s Hera ointment was announced Club, Sacred H,ea~ts Academy PP, D' C ' Alumnae ASSOCIatIOn; and the today by Bishop amel A, ronm, C k R dE bl I b II ' 1 1 b h A I' h or y ow an m em c u s, a Sh h I b w h 0 WI e t e ppea s onorary . F II R' chairman for the 18th year. m a Iver. e as a ~o ee~ a M O'Br'en nat" f I _ volunteer at Coyle-Cassidy High rs.

I, ~ Ive. 0 m School. Taunton. maculate Conception pansh, Fall a n t he d'IOcesan Ieve,I seas h h .

S d H River, attended acre eart serve d on th e D'IOcesan P as t ora I grammarsc h 00 I an d Sacred Hearts C '1· d h 0' E OU~CI an t. e. IOcesan cuAcademy, both in Fall River. She has been a secretary in the dioce- memcal CommissIOn and s h e and san chancery office since September her h~sband, former St,ate. Repre' r to he r m ' . 1974 . P no arnage, s he sentatlve James A. a Bnen Jr.,f were for many years ~embers 0 was a secretary in city and federal the pre-Cana Committee of the govern men t offices I .

F '1 L'f B Long active in the National and former ami y I e ureau.

Diocesan Council of Catholic WoShe and her husband, who served men, she has been NCCW Boston in the General Court of MassaProvince director and national chusetts from 1960 to 1976, are the nominating committee chairman, parents of Dr. James A. O'Brien DCCW president and chairman of III of Providence; Atty. Kathleen many commissions, includingfam- M. Murphy, wife of Dr. Edmond ily affairs and legislation. Since Murphy, of Bethlehem, Pa.; and

Timothy P. O'Brien of the Office of Administration and Finance of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. They have four grandchildren.

The Appeal chairman has two brothers and three sisters. Another brother is deceased. Her sisters include Sister Eugenia Margaret Rt;:ady, a Religious of the Holy Union of the Siicred Hearts for nearly 48 years, who served at the former Sacred Hearts Academy and at schools of the community in the Baltimore and New York archdioceses. She is currently stationed at Coyle and Cassidy High SchooL Taunton.

The Charities Appeal serves Southeastern Massachusetts in the areas of charity, social services and education. The 1988 Appeal will begin with a kickoff meeting at 8 p.m. April 13 at Bishop Connolly High School.

Special Gifts will be solicited April 18 to 30 and the parish phase will begin at noon May I, when 20,650 volunteers will ask 115,000 diocesan families for support. The parish phase will end May II.

Pope raps Iraq, Iran, discusses U .8. church VATICAN CITY (NC)- Pope John Paul II has condemned Iraq and Iran for killing civilians in their missile bombardments of each other's cities.

"We are dealing with babies, women and the elderly. defenseless people," he said in his March 6 noontime Angelus talk.

These attacks "should provoke firm condemnation." the pope said.

He asked the warring countries to take "initiatives to finally put an end to this terrible conflict."

The call came after several days of reciprocal missile attacks against the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and the Iranian capital of Tehran and the holy city of Qom, headquarters of Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Several days earlier, the Iranian ambassador to the Holy See had asked the pope to condemn Iraq for its attacks.

The pope has issued numerous calls for an end to fighting since Iran and Iraq went to war in Sep-

tembcr IlJlW over a border dispute.

Both countries have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

The prevIous day. March 5. the pope spoke to 21 U.S. bishops making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses. He told the bishops that he looked forward to the opportunity to reflect on the future of the U.S. church.

U.S. bishops will be making their "ad limina" visits, required every five years by the heads of

dioceses, throughout 1988. The pope said these will be followed next year by a special meeting with U.S. bishops. . "All of these encounters are likewise linked to the future of the church in the United States, which I hope to be able to reflect on again next year in a meeting with American bishops," the pope said.

At a major meeting of U.S. bishops and Vatican officials a year ago to plan the pope's U.S. visit, both sides said they hoped

that the "ad limina" visits would be followed by a summit meeting of Vatican officials and U.S. church leaders to discuss the status of U.S. Catholicism.

Such a summit meeting was held in 1986 between Vatican officials and the leadership of the Brazilian bishops, At the time, the pope Said the meeting could be the model for future sessions with other national hierarchies.

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New Irish: caught between shores The "New Irish" in America are "Shock number two is that many adapting to a double shock and ofthem are out of status in the new trying to build a sense of commu- world, beyond the law. They never nity from scratch in the face of anticipated that they would be great obstacles, according to Rev. part of a generation seen in AmerBartley MacPhaidin, president of ica as lawbreakers. With previous Stonehill College, North Easton. waves of immigration, the Irish Father MacPhaidin, a native of became law enforcers.

County. Donegal who is fluent in "This is a double blow or shock.

Gaelic, discussed the plight of Its impact cannot be understated. today's young Irish emigrants in a It is also a shock tinged with disilrecent address to members of the lusionment and disappointment.

Gaelic Athletic Association in The young Irish are going from Wallingford, Conn. one disappointment to another be"From a political and psycho- cause their prospects in America logical perspective," he said, "the are slim. Certainly they can earn New Irish never expected to be . money and sometimes lots of it. here. They never imagined that However, will they be able to they would have to leave Ireland. make a life, start a family, or form They were raised to stay at home communities? How can they do in a more prosperous and produc- these essential things if they are tive Ireland. The reality is other- beyond the law, if their endeavors wise and that is shock number one. are not recognized as legitimate?

"The question is will they, can they, be successfully assimilated or will they suffer alienation from both the home and host countries?

Should the latter occur, it will give rise to dissipation, lost hope, cynicism and a sense of abandonment.

"The New Irish are caught between two shores. One has little to offer them. The other has a great deal, but is unable or unwilling to extend a full welcome. For those who are attracted, such a halfhearted welcome could prove fatal.

"The New Irish are coming after a long break in the migration trend. The Irish stopped coming to the United States in large numbers during the late fifties. There is no continuity between the generations.

Indeed, there are layers of tension between them for political, social and generational reasons.

"The New Irish are, in many respects, attempting to build new communities and they are starting from scratch. This can't be stressed enough. That is why they have to fall back on themselves so much, why it is so hard for them to break out and establish broader ties and contacts.

"Yet their striving is incomplete.

They are floundering because they are out of status, because they represent submerged communities.

Many a report on emigration notes that the lifeblood is flowing out of communities all across Ireland.

There is no doubt about that. But that lifeblood is not given a decent chance to recreate that sense of community in the United States because ofthe many obstacles that restrict those eager to build anew."

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FATHER MacPHAlDlN

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Mar. 11,.1988

Legion of Mary Acies March 20 at cathedral The 36th annual Acies ceremony of the Legion of Mary of the Fall River diocese will be held at 2:30 p.m. March 20 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. The public is welcome to attend.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will preside at the ceremony, where legionaries will renew their consecration to the Blessed Mother and their commitment to spiritual undertakings. Father Horace J. Travassos, parochial vicar at St. Patrick's parish, Somerset, will offer the homily.

The Legion of Mary, an apostolic organization of Catholic laity, was founded in the 1920s by the late Frank Duff of Ireland. It has been active in the United States since 1931.

AT DEDICAnON of pediatric burn unit in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from left,

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Columbus State Advocate Ken Ryan; State Secretary John Rigali; Archbishop Bernadmo Echeverria; State Deputy Walter Almond; Dr. Martin Dunn, founder of Por Cristo.

Massachusetts K of C donates children's burn unit in Ecuador to the health needs of a population the size of the City of Boston.

After all this, they visited the It involved over two days of pediatric burn unit. It presented travel a Washington snowstorm them with more images and memand a~ unscheduled stay-over in ories. Inside were a half-dozen Miami, but when Massachusetts children, their limbs and faces horState Deputy Walter Almond, ribly disfigured. The visitors met Massachusetts State Secretary each of them, offering them candy John Rigali, and Massachusetts and the brief comfort of their presState Advocate Ken Ryan arrived ence. In return they received t.he in Guayaquil, Ecuador, there was gift of the children's smiles. a sense of pride and satisfaction in A burn nurse from Toronto, a what was about to be accomplished. . What had been decided six Por Cristo volunteer, had a Pola. months earlier at the Massachu- roid camera, and the children setts Knights of Columbus State clutched photographs of their parConvention in Boston was about ents who had come to visit them, a to become reality - dedication of powerful witness to the love which the first pediatric burn路 unit in flourishes in poverty.

With them the Massachusetts Ecuador, developed in cooperation with Por Cristo, a Boston- Knights had a $5000 check for Por based medical aid organization, Cristo from the Toronto Knights. and made possible by the convenOutside the unit, reporters and tion delegates who voted over- photographers filled the narrow whelmingly to donate $100,000 for corridor. A plaque 'commemoratits establishment. ing the contribution of the MassaFriday, Nov. 13, was unseason- chusetts Knights of Columbus hung ably hot and steamy in Guayaquil. on the wall, waiting to be unveiled.

Temperatures hovered near 100 A multitude of guests included while the humidity accentuated Archbishop Bernadino Echeverria the dank and musty odor of a city of Guayaquil who said in part: "I where the water had been turned wish to thank the Knights of Cooff since the day before. lumbus in Massachusetts for grantAt 7 a.m. the streets outside the ing to so many of our young chilvisitors' hotel were already bust- dren the gift of life. We in Guayaling with activity as the Massachu- quil and throughout Ecuador are setts K of C officers prepared for a well aware and are most grateful day that would be engraved upon for the outstanding humanitarian their memories. efforts conducted by your Order Before.it was over, they would and for the wonderful work perhave toured four hospitals in which formed by Por Cristo. I ask that Por Cristo has been involved for God continue to bless the members the past seven years and visited a of the Knights of Columbus, their ghetto of 800,000 inhabitants where families, the volunteers of Por seemingly endless streets of rubble Cristo and all those in Massachuand debris were lined with bam- setts who support their work, in boo huts and where half-naked particular His Eminence, Bernard children played along the muddy Cardinal Law, who shall forever banks of the Guayas River. remain in our prayers."

They would have witnessed the The archbishop's words were death of a two-day old premature infant, his tiny chest heavin~ gro- heard that evening throughout tesquely as he gasped for hiS last Ecuador, and in the morning papbreath. And they would have visited ers the story of the dedication was a tiny clinic on the outskirts of the read by thousands throughout the city where a 21-year-old self-trained country, big news in a nation which Ecuadorean nurse ministered alone asks for and receives so little.

By District Deputy Joseph Craven

According to Very Rev. Barry W. Wall, pastor and rector of St. Mary's Cathedral and diocesan moderator to legionaries, there are 66 active legionaries in the diocese and 2,402 auxiliary members who support them by prayer.

Active members, the moderator said, are "dedicated to evangelization by individual contact, visiting the sick, teaching religion." Some members aid Father Edward Holleran, OFM, chaplain at the New Bedford House of Correction, he said, by collecting holy cards, literature and articles for distribution to inmates. One member, Father Wall added, assists the chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.

Father Wall explained that there are seven groups or praesidia of legionaries in the diocese. All are part of the New Bedford curia.

At a reception held in honor of the occasion at the home of the United States Consulate General to Ecuador, a missionary priest from Boston asked what was written on the plaque which had been unveiled earlier. He was told that it reads in part: "The Massachusetts Knights of Columbus Pediat- .

Three praesidia are in New Bedric Burn Unit - Reaching out ford, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel across the continents to touch the and St. Joseph's churches and at lives of others and to touch the Regina Pacis Hispanic Center.

Hand of God." St. Mary's and St. Joseph's The missionary, who left the churches in Fairhaven have praecomforts of Boston in 1958 to accept the rigors of life in Bolivia, Peru and Edcuador, beamed proudly.

PRAG UE, Czechoslovakia (NC) "Those Knights are truly wonderful people, aren't they?" he said. - More than 350,000 Czechoslovakian Cat.holics have signed a petition dema!1ding greater religious freedom in their communistWASHINGTON (NC) - Bishled nation. The petition campaign, op William H. Keeler of H~rris颅 which began last December, is said burg, Pa., has been named episcoto mark a new era of religious acpal moderator of Cath~lic-Jewish tivism in Czechoslovakia, where relations for the U.S. bishops. He nearly 70 percent of the 15.5 milsucceeds Bishop Francis J. Mugalion population is Catholic. vero of Brooklyn, N.Y., who reUnder Czech law, churches must signed after 19 years in the post. be registered to function legally,

sidia, as does St. Joseph's parish, Fall River. The newest praesidium, about a year old, is at St. Joseph's Church, Attleboro.

Father Wall noted that the community at St. Joseph's, New Bedford has a legion group for youngsters.

Father Matthew Sullivan, SS.Cc., parochial vicaT at St. Francis Xavier parish, Acushnet; is spiritual director to the New Bedford curia, Father Wall said.

Current curia officers are Geneva Viveiros, president; Joseph Reilly, vice-president; Matthew Hart, secretary; and Irene Martin, treasurer.

Father Wall said that legionaries put themselves under Mary's care and offer all their activities to God through her. They take the Blessed Mother as a role model, he said.

"Anyone who wants to join with others in prayer," the priest said, "and to be of service to the church isa fine candidate for the Legion."

Praesidia, Father Wall said, have weekly meetings for active members. Sessions include shared prayer, reports on completed assignments and distribution of new assignments. The meetings, the moderator said, aim to form members . "to become more effective lay apostles."

Individuals interested in becoming legionaries may contact Father Wall, Father Sullivan or any parish with a praesidium. Pastors interested in establishing a pniesidium may obtain information from Father Wall.

Freedom asked

New moderator

FATHER WALL

"Gee,. this is fun!" says happy new bishop TYLER, Texas (NC) ~. A year ago Bishop Charles E. Herzig of Tyler was finishing his dudes as vice chanceIlor of the archdiocese of San Antonio and preparing to move to Easy Street.

But first he made a stop at Montgomery Ward's.

The first bishop of the new diocese of Tyler knew he needed a bishop's ring, but he didn't know where to get one, so he tried successfully at Montgomery Ward's.

The store doesn't stock croziers - the staffs bishops carry during litu"rgical functions ~ but San Antonio Archbishop Patrick F. Flores came to the

new bishop's reSCue in that department.

In an interview in Catholic East Texas, his diocesan newspaper, Bishop Herzig said his big question a year ago was "where do we start?"

"The amazing thing is that there is no handbook given to a priest that says, 'Here's what you do to start a diocese,' or even what you do when you're named bishop," he said.

"There's no guideline, no handbook, no directions. You just have to sort of fend for yourself and allow your common sense to dictate what you should do."

One year after establishment of his diocese, he is settled in his

$59,500, two-bedroom episcopal residence on Easy Street in Tyler.

Bishop Herzig has heard all the jokes about living on Easy Street. He notes that he has a . brother who lives on Temptation Street.

"Wouldn't you know," he complains, "it's a dead end."

By the end 0; 1arch, the bishop will have celebra.ted Mass at each of the 25 paris I:CS and 1t, missions in his ciioec'ie, v,j1;cl1 covers 22,971 SqUE;C (Diles il132 counties. He's put 25,000 miles on his car in the last year O:1t he enjoys his job.

"I've written people and said, 'Gee, this is fun!'" he confided.

Vatican was ready with Moro ransom

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mocese of Fall River -

Fri., Mar. II, 1988

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vATICAN CITY (NC) - In 1978, The Vatican was ready to pay a heavy ransom equal to millions of dollars to the kidnappers of Italian political leader Aldo Moro, later slain by his abductors, an Italian official said.

Pope Paul VI, a friend of Moro, made contact with the kidnappers, the extreme left Red Brigades, but nothing came of the effort, said Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti in an interview in the Italian magazine Panorama.

Andreotti said he discussed the Vatican initiatives on Moro's behalf with Msgr. Pasquale Macchi, Pope Paul's private secretary. Like Moro, Andreotti was a leading Christian Democrat with close Vatican connections at the time.

During Moro's abduction, Pope Paul appealed publicly to the "men of the Red Brigades" to release their prisoner. A special Vatican telephone line was reportedly made available for contact with the terrorists. Moro's bullet-riddled body was found in downtown Rome on May 8, 1978, 55 days after his kidnapping.

Women officers Serra first BOSTON (NC) - The newly formed Serra Club of Boston West has elected two women officers, a Serra first, according to a spokesman for Serra International, a lay organization that promotes religious vocations.

In Boston, Barbara Keville was elected vice president of the internal program and Ines Casademont vice president of communications.

They will be installed at a charter night ceremony June 16 at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, with Boston Cardinal Bernard Law officiating.

PABLO Sedillo. director of the Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs of the U.S. Catholic Conference, says governmentimposed sanctions against employers who hire illegal aliens have come under fire from church groups, including the USCC, that charge they foster discrimination and labor abuse.

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the moorin&.-, Faith, Hope and a Lot of Love A paramount issue poorly addressed in the current campaign for the presidency is family life. American family life needs intensive care. Never before in our history has appreciation for family values, ethics and morals reached such a low.

The forces causing this are many and complex, intertwining images of human failures, problems and enigmas with no simple answers or solutions.

Considering this, it is ironic to listen to the simplistic multimedia evangelist, reformer and politician, yet there is no doubt that a conservative wave of reform is gaining much popularity.

That in itself is not bad. In many situations, in fact, it is like a breath of fresh air in a room full of stale cigar smoke.

'Indeed, those leading the fight to restore values, morals and meaning to family living are well-intentioned and motivated.

The question of sincerity of purpose stems not from the ends but rather the means that would be employed to achieve the intended goal. .

There are few who would not approve a concerted effort to stem divorce, end child and wife abuse and sexual permissiveness and correct legal injustice. But an ideal mother-andapple-pie America is unfortunately not the objective of a social order that wants what it wants when it wants it.

Selfishness is indeed the heart of the matter. Most of the approaches offered to heal hurt and bind up the broken flow from a vision allowing no room for compassion. The quick fix oflegal intervention does little to foster mutual understanding and discernment while the instant salvation reform approach offers a bandage when a cast is called for.

No family problem is like another. Where personal difficulties are involved, there are no pat solutions,' no basic fix-alls.

But there are norms, guidelines and values that are not the stuff of concession. In most situations, these boil down to ethics and morals, which have fared quite poorly in contemporary America. The reason, again, is selfishness rather than sacrifice, license rather than liberty, enslavement rather than freedom.

An individual enslaved by pornography, drugs or alcohol will indeed destroy him or herself and in most cases his or her family as well. Yet millions feel they can play these deadly games. So many wake up too late, suddenly losers.

Even with this in mind, Americans continue to immerse themselves in those destructive elements that strike at the very heart of family and person. To the extent that people continue living irresponsibly and rionaccountably, the cancers that cause family dissolution will search and destroy.

Another problem is that many of those who wish to reach out and heal are simply incompetent and incapable. Their lack of skill, com passion, insight and expertise often brings greater hurt and division to a family and to individuals, If we are to effect a reversal in the social trends that are driving husbands, wives and children apart, we must realize and act on the reality that selfishness can be replaced with sincere compassion and understanding.

It should be remembered that there are no substitutes for solid theology, philosophy and psychology. In fact, they are the true supports of family life. They must not be ignored in favor of charlatans who engender fear, nourish misgivings and deny forgiveness.

We must respond to the moral and social ills of our times not with dismay, dread and alarm but rather with faith, hope and a lot of love.

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"You fool! This night your life shall be required of you. To whom will all this piled-up wealth of yours go?" Luke 12:20

Beatitudes at every stage

By Father Kevin J. Harrington Actions opposed to our own wellbeing can be present at every stage of our development. The first stage is infancy, with the trust versus mistrust conflict, when infants totally dependent upon a caring other learn that not every need they have can be met and often react by mistrusting those who do not meet their expectations or by overeating. The antidote for such gluttony is the spirit of expectancy found in the words of the Beatitudes: Blessed are the pure in heart. for they shall see God. The second stage is early childhood with the autonomy versus shame and doubt conflict. As children learn to coordinate their actions, great efforts are expended to establish control over muscles related to walking, bowel control and manipulation of objects.

Shame plays a negative role as children often fail to meet their own expectations or those of their parents. Doubt is the brother of shame because failure leads to doubts about the world and oneself. Tantrums are indicative of the deadly sin of anger that erects barriers against the genuine efforts of caring people to offer love and support. Its antidote is the spirit of self-mastery found in the words: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

The third stage, ages 3 to 5, is that of play, accompanied by the initiative versus guilt conflict.

Mastery of motion and language is

sufficiently complete so that youngsters at this stage can be very intrusive. Games emphasizing sharing are important in channeling energies.

While infants may test the limits M their body by overeating, playage children may test their parents' patience by too much talk and by loud 'and aggressive behavior. The deadly sin. of greed also ignores boundaries and does everything to excess. Its antidote is the spirit of equity found in the words: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

The fourth stage, ages 5 to 12, is school age, with the industry versus inferiority conflict. Youngsters are vulnerable to feelings of inferiority reinforced by the tendency of parents, teachers and classmates to compare. They are eager participants in productive activities that go beyond mere playing but their finished school product is subject to grading. The deadly sin of envy may arise at this stage and its antidote is a spirit of self-worth that sees ourselves as valued by God, so that we are not captive to society's evaluation of us: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for· theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

The fifth stage, ages 12 to 18, is that of adolescence, with its identity struggle. Adolescents are often self-centered and rebellious. Peer pressure exerts an enormous influence and the deadly sin of pride reigns supreme. Its antidote is the spirit of nonconformity embodied

in the words: Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

The sixth stage, ages 18 to 40, is young adulthood, characterized by the intimacy versus isolation conflict. Lust is allied with isolation but often assumes the guise of intimacy. The spirit of peacemaking involves the development of intimate relationships that subdue the all-too-frequent antagonism between the sexes and resonate with the words: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons and daughters of God. The seventh and eighth stages correspond to adulthood, ages 40 to 65, and mature adulthood, ages beyond 65. In these groups, the conflicts of generativity versus stagnation and integrity versus despair involve the sins of apathy and melancholy.

Generativity only occurs when people care and at this stage they have the power either to enhance or make miserable the lives of those who are younger or older than themselves. No loss is more painful than the death of a loved one, yet the wisdom of old age sustained by a spirit of longing can keep the bereaved from becoming melancholic.

The spirit of empathy and longing is well summarized in the words: blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy and blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

"God forgive you" A priest told me that when he was a kid and he misbehaved, his mother would say "God forgive you because I can't." I laughed but I suspect it's a message we project to many people. We ask God to forgive our children. siblings and others when wc aren't very willing to do so ourselves.

Maybe it's someone who hurt us or someone who holds a different ideology than we do. We read their outrageous words and feel deep anger. "God forgive them for being so stupid (or cruel or liberal or selfish)." we think. but we're far from forgiving them ourselves.

I reflected on this when I read about the former flight attendant who allegedly caused a plane crash in California in December killing 40 innocent people because he wanted revenge on an employer who fired him. How terriblv difficult it would be to forgive' him if one of my loved ones were on that plane. I wonder if I could.'

Yet. forgiveness is a fundamental of our Christian faith. In a final carthly attempt to teach us forgiveness. Jesus. in agony and near death. forgave his killers by praying the words. "Father. forgive them for they know not what thev do."· .

In spite of His example. we find it casicl' to blame and carry lifelong grudgcs than to forgive. We

can dredge up 20-year-old offenses to buttress a new argument. Even when we say we forgive. we really don't.

St ra ngely, it seems easier to forgive outsiders than those in our families. Why? Because we have to live with our families and we remember thcir offenses. The paradox is that while we find it easier to forgive outsiders. we ourselves more readily expect forgiveness from our loved ones.

I know a family who has a rule: we will not believe anything that is said in the heat of anger. It's a good rule. This doesn't mean that free-for-all attacks are encouraged but that members are responsible later when they have cooled down for admitting whether or not thev meant what they said. ' Confession. that great sacrament of forgiveness in our church. has become non-existent in many families. Adults and children who haven't experienced the healing joy of God's forgiveness cannot grant it easily to one another because they don't rcalize what a gift it is to those we love.

Perhaps, then. a family trip to the confessional this I.ent would he a good way to start the process of forgiveness in the familv. We pray "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive others." It's a scarv reminder: if we want God's foigiveness. we hetter be able to sav to one another "That's okay. 'I

Where's authority? .Canon law 333, paragraph 3, reads, "There is neither appeal nor recourse against a decision or decree of the Roman pontiff."

Not long ago National Catholic Reporter writer, Michael Farrell, questioned the wisdom of that canon. Past abuses by popes were alluded to as well as the damage a canon like this could cause in the hands of a modern pontiff who might go wrong.

There was also a reminder that Christ often welcomed people who appealed to him and that Scripture frequently depicts God as one willing to reconsider a decision if it will benefit a person.

As I read Farrell's arguments it struck me that his column was a sign of a much bigger problem than Canon 333. It is the problem of authority.

The word authority has come to mean the right and power to com- mand, enforce laws, exact obedience, determine or judge. It also signifies a person or group invested with such power..

Although those who hold authority have never had smooth sailing, I think that people presently in authority are in stormy water heretofore not experienced.

Why? A psychologist friend gave me an insight worth pondering.

"Authority not only assumes that a person has power, but that he or she has answers or at least can get them," he said. "In the past we knew answers were difficult to come by, but we never lost confidence that they could be found.

Today, many have lost this confidence."

He pointed out that people today face the threat of a nuclear war and for decades have not come up with an answer on how to overcome that threat. There also is the

national debt and the lack of answers on how to decrease it.

And there are many unanswered questions on the Vietnam War and a multitude of other national events.

My friend pointed out that many people become confused and hesitant when answers to big questions cannot be found. He thinks this conditions them. to distrust anyone in authority, because in the past authority figures were people who had the answers or who could get them. In one way those in authority were privileged to have the last word.

When authority is studied historically, we learn it has never meant just one thing; its meaning has evolved. During the Greek period it started out referring to physical strength but ended up referring to strength of mind as well as body.

In early Christianity, authority was thought of in terms of those who were holy and it usually referred to the elders of the community.

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I love you and I forgive you."

As in so many other areas, forgiveness or lack of it becomes a hahit in families. Where it's missing, we hearthose fighting phrases "You always ..." and "You never ..." followed by an angry recital of past and obviously unforgotten t res passes.

But in families where forgiveness is an acknowledged part of living together. we hear ''I'm sorry" and "I didn't mean what I said."

When parents are forgiving and able to say to children ''I'm sorry I shouted at you and said I wished you lived somewhere else. I didn't mean it. I was angry," children will he able to say, after an explosion. ':I'm sorry I said I hate you hecause I don't."

I.aurence Sterne. an IXth century clergyman. said "Only -the brave know how to forgive. A coward never forgives: it is not in his nature." Forgiveness, then. takes an act of courage. It is more difficult to grant forgiveness than revenge. That's what Jesus tried to teach us.

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Perhaps the time has come to reconsider the meaning of authority in an era that no longer sees things in black and white terms. If the concept of authority can be refashioned to better address the complexity of these times with their many gray areas, we just might be on our way to restoring it to new heights.

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Guidance on church decor Q. My questions concern regulations or suggestions governing the interior decor of Catholic churches. I realize that the Second Vatican Council provided some statements concerning new church construction, Did it also establish requirements for candles, crucifix, crosses, tabernacle and so on?

(Colorado) A. Bishops at the Second Vatican Council provided extensive theological background for the many areas of reform they ordered.

In the liturgy as in other subjects, however, they provided few details.

These were left to people competent in canon law, liturgy, moral theology and other aspects of church life.

For example, the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, afterexploring our Catholic tradition about how the Eucharist, sacraments and other liturgies fit into the life of the church, only laid down principles for others to work with.

They said, for instance, that when churches are built, great care should be taken "that they are well suited to celebrating liturgical services and to bringing about the active participation of the faithful" (No. 124).

This applies, they continued, in construction and design of altars, tabernacles, baptistries, sacred images and other appointments (No. 128).

Statues and other sacred images should be venerated. Nevertheless, "there is to be restraint regarding their number and prominence so that they do not create confusion among the Christian people or foster religious practices of dOUbtful orthodoxy" (No. 125).

A wide variety of later documents contain more detailed development of these principles into guidelines and rule.

Probably most accessible to most Catholics would be the General Introduction of the Roman Missal, particularly Chapters V and VI on the arrangement of churches and requisites for Mass and the Appendix to this Generallnstruction for Churches in the United States.

Both are among the documents at the beginning of the Sacramentary the priest uses at Mass. Ask your priest to let you borrow it for a while if you're interested.

Q. My son is a Catholic who has been married before, the first time in the Catholic Church to another Catholic. His present wife is a baptized Protestant who also has been married before, I understand they are now taking instructions. He plans to come back into the church on Easter and she plans to join the Catholic Church at the same time, when they will also have their marriage validated in the church.

Knowing my son, he has said nothing to the priest about his past. I have been taught that a divorced Catholic who remarries cannot receive the sacraments. Both their first spouses are still living.

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A. First, unless you have it straight from your ~on, which seems not to be the fact from your letter, you do not really know what he has told the priest or what solutions of the problem they may have been working on together.

The Catholic Church's appreciation and recognition of marriages, not only Catholic marriages but those of other or of no faith, is well known. Thus, whenever someone marries in the Catholic Church afte-r a previous marriage, that situation must be resolved first.

In anticipation of any Catholic marriage, especially one involving a move such as is contemplated by your son and his wife, several declarations of freedom to marry (including the declarations that there are no previous marriages that stand in the way) are asked of and given by the individuals contemplating marriage.

If your suspicions should prove to be true, it would mean that your son would have lied in some extremely serious matters. He also would be continually living a lie, pretending to be sacramentally united to the church when in fact he has separated himself from it.

However, my first instinct is as I explained above. Unless your son has lost all principles as a Catholic, he certainly has discussed these matters with the priest and is working them out in appropriate ways.

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Disagre~ing SANTA ROSA, Calif. (NC) How does a chancery staff member disagree with a bishop? Privately, honestly and "with love," according to Bishop John T. Steinbock of Santa Rosa. ' At a recent meeting of department heads, Bishop Steinbock discussed ways to handle disagreements and promote unity. His comments later appeared in the diocesan newspaper, The Redwood Crozier.

"There are three essential elements for working in unity: The Holy Spirit, the bishop, and all of you," Bishop Steinbock said.

When differences arise, he said: "Disagree with me, speaking to me privately. Argue with me - not with others - against the things you disagree with. Try to get me to change my mind if you believe you are right.

"But dg..it with love and for the purpose of God's glory in your ministry. I promise to listen, and to reflect and to pray on what you say. I do not promise that I will agree with you."

He asked his staff, "above all, be honest with me, but recognize that I have the final responsibility for whatever decision must be made and even if you don't agree, give me the benefit of the doubt that I make the decision out of prayer and out of love for God's people, trying to be led by the Spirit of God." He suggested that most disagreements will not be about achieving some good but will be about ways of doing so.

"If you can't live with my decision, and are not able to work in unity with me, being loyal, obedient in spirit, having trust in me, continuing in honesty with me, and are not able to follow my vision and direction, do yourself and me a favor, do this team a favor, and do God's people here in

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"This sounds strong, and it's meant to sound that way, because unity is the essence of the Christian life and the requisite for ministry led by the Spirit," Bishop Steinbock said.

He noted that "I am very strong about this as I am dependent mainly on two groups to fulfill my pastoral role as bishop: the priests of this diocese, and you, who fulfill leadership roles of diocesan ministries."

"Disagreements will arise amongst you, just as you will not totally agree with everything I do or say," the bishop said. "Realize that unity of the Spirit is bigger than any disagreement. Your unity with the bishop in vision and direction will automatically reduce areas of disagreement among yourselves."

He provided "hints and guidelines for working together."

"Find times to pray with one another and for one another. Remember we all have the same general goal - that the Spirit of God within us and through us continues to proclaim the Good News ,of Jesus," he said.

"Try always to respect and use the gifts and talents that each one possesses. Don't worry who gets credit for any particular program, idea or work. Let's give all the credit to God. It is for him that we are working and not to receive human praise."

Furthermore, he told them, "departments and ministries are not entities unto themselves, in competition with each other. All are unified in being vehicles for the bishop to exercise his pastoral role."

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Continued from Page One For their part, U.S. bishops welcome the opportunity to meet with the pope, said St. Louis Archbishop John L. May, president of the U.S. bishops' conference.

He said such a meeting could last "about a week" and be preceded by regional reports forwarded to the Vatican.

In a March '5 interview with National Catholic News Service, Archbishop May described the proposed meeting as a "national 'ad limina.' " He said he was not sure who would attend the meeting, or how they would be selected, but speculated that the country's 13 administrative regions might elect representatives.

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He would not speculate on specific issues likely to be raised during the meeting, but commenting on his own recent meetings with the pope, said the pontiff "never referred" to the controversial document on AIDS released last December by the U.S. Catholic Conference's administrative board.

Doctrinal congregation officials "are still considering a position on it," he said.

The statement said that while not condoning contraception or nonmaritial sex, the church could tolerate inclusion of accurate information on prophylactics in public education AIDS programs.

Vatican officials did express "concern about the apparent disagreement among U.S. bishops" which followed the report's release, he said.

Archbishop May said. he told Vatican officials a meeting of the administrative board this month, followed by a conference-wide meeting scheduled for June would address these divisions.

Regarding the pope's speech to the U.S. bishops following their "ad limina" visits, Archbishop May said it "couldn't have been more positive, more complimentary tp the church in the U.S., and I was amazed, frankly."

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Inamullah Khan, a resident of Pakistan and chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, is to receive the prize of 220,000 pound~ (about U.S. $390,000) in London May 10.

Khan, 73, was awarded the prize, for his "tireless work as a coordinator for peace between Moslems, Christians and Jews," the Templeton organization said.

Khan is founder of the Modern World Moslem Congress and has led goodwill missions to various countries on behalf of the World Moslem League. He is also chairman ofthe Pakistan Human Rights League.

He recently led an international delegation that attempted to halt the Iran-Iraq war. He also led an interfaith delegation to South Africa to promote peace among that country's contending races.

The Templeton Prize was established in 1972 by Sir John Templeton to provide recognition "for those who through original and pioneering ways advance the knowledge and love of God." It carries the largest cash award of any international prize.

Templeton, a financial cons\lltant, is a 75-year-old, U.S.-born British citizen who lives in Na!!sau, Bahamas.

Ed McMahon award WASHINGTON (NC) - The Catholic University of America will award an honorary doctor of communication arts degree to TV personality and alumnus Ed McMahon, who graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in 1949.

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to his experiences in the United States during last September's visit.

"Apparently he saw a different church in the United States from what he had been led to believe," he said.

The pope and the Vatican have received "a lot offalse indications" from media reports and "from others too;" he added.

"Despite the fact we had come _ over here [last March] to try to disabuse him, apparently we didn't succeed," the archbishop said. "But the people succeeded."

Archbishop May said the pope is aware of the debate in the United States over his new' social encyclical, "On Social Concerns," and its criticism of the effect of the East-West ideological competition on the Third World.

A "deeper reading" ofthe encyclical will show that "the pope isn't saying Russia and the United States are equally bad or equally at fault," the archbishop said, but that "each is part of the problem." ' Archbishop May said some critics ofthe U.S. bishops' controversial pastoral letter on the U.S. economy "are a little shocked" by the encyclical, which has shown that the pope and the U.S. bishops "are thinking along the same lines."

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LOUISE ROGERS accepts Employee ofthe Year award from Sister M. Shawn Bernadette Flynn, O. Carm., Catholic Memorial Home administrator. (Garland photo)

ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) School-based clinics that provide birth control to teen-agers make "distressing assumptions" that discredit youths, weaken families and ridicule moral values, said Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul and Minneapolis at a news conference during which he explained the archdiocese's "unequivocal" response to school clinics offering birth control.

The clinics, he said, send a mixed message: "Don't engage in sexual activity but if you do, be protected." He said one of the "distressing assumptions" behind such clinics is the idea that teaching sexual abstinence is ineffective because teen-agers are "irreversibly sexually active," thus require measures to reduce the risk of pregnancy.

"Louise joined the family at Catholic Memorial Home in Janu~ry of 1962. During the 26 years that have passed from then until now, she has given completely of herself, never asking for anything in return. Her humility is an asset that sets her apart from most, an asset that makes her special.

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- Require employers to take measures to ensure fair employment practices.

- Exclude non-complying employers from obtaining government grants and business.

The new legislation "will greatly strengthen the existing law," British officials said.

Unemployment among Catholic men in Northern Ireland province is 2.5 times greater than among Protestant men. There are an estimated 970,000 Protestants and 595,000 Catholics in the province.

Kevin MacNamara, Northern Ireland spokesman for the opposition Labor Party, said the antidiscrimination plan is over-cautious and seems aimed at appeasing Irish-Americans who seek sanctions against the 24 U.S. firms doing business in Northern Ireland.

"If it's meant to appease the Americans before St. Patrick's Day, it's not going to do it," MacNamara said.

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Fair hiring law proposed for Northern Ireland LONDON (NC) - The British government has proposed what it calls a "radical program" for ending job discrimination against Catholics in Northern Ireland.

The program prOPQses greater monitoring of employment practices, withholding government grants and business from employers who discriminate and fines and imprisonment for employers found in contempt of court orders to end discriminatory practices.

In addition, private businesses with over 10 employees would be required to report the religious composition of their workforces.

"I will have very little sympathy indeed for those who seek to create problems," said Tom King, Britain's secretary of state for Northern Ireland.

The government of the Irish republic expressed cautious approval ofthe proposal. Ireland has a consultative voice in affairs of British-ruled Northern Ireland affecting Catholics.

The proposals, described in a booklet titled "Religious Equality of Opportunity in Employment," would: - Make "indirect" as well as direct religious and political discrimination illegal. Indirect discrimination includes confining

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"Each year at Catholic Memorial Home we set aside a time to honor our Employee of the Year.

This year the honor is being bestowed upon Louise Rogers for her superior performance.

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It is also a time, they said, when their diminishing number intensifies the difficulty of meeting the expectations of parishioners.

One panelist, Father Peter Sammon, pastor of St. Teresa Church in San Francisco, said that whereas the priest in the past might be compared to an engineer on a train foll.owing tracks already laid down, the priest today is more like the leader of a wagon train going into new territory.

For the priest of the past, a primary focus was maintaining "fidelity to what had been handed down," he said. To that has now been added, he said, the necessity to "lead a people on a journey."

The teleconference on "Being a Priest Today" was the latest in a series on major church issues produced by the National Pastoral Life Center in New York, with Father Philip Murnion, center director, as moderator. The conferences are transmitted by the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America to diocesan groups across the country.

Panelists generally spoke of additional duties and commitments beyond what they understood as their task at the time of ordination.

Claretian Father Rosendo Urrabazo, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in San Antonio and interim president of the Mexican-American Cultural Center, said that he originally expected to conduct his ministry within the structures of the church, but now saw

leadership in the wider community as a vital additional responsibility.

He said that when he asked his parish council what they wanted him to do, their responses amounted to about 120 hours of work per week.

Another panelist, Father Patrick O'Malley, pastor of St. Celestine Church in suburban Chicago, spoke ofthe frustration produced among clergy and parishioners alike when the growing shortage of priests makes it difficult for them to give as much personal attention to parishioners as some clergy did in the past. The time required just for covering the basics of Masses, funerals, marriages, baptisms and other priestly functions is increasing more and more, he noted.

"The frustration will go up before it goes down," he said. .Priests today, Father O'Malley said, also engage in more sharing with their people. This includes not only consulting on questions of parish management in a forum like the parish council, he said, but also sharing their own "faith struggle." The latter, however, is something the laity sometimes prefer not to hear about, he said.

Some panelists talked of a need for reconsidering the bans on ordaining women and married men, but they did not foresee that happening in the near futur.e, thus .dld not look to it as an Immediate solution.

Women and lay men are already doing increasing amounts of ~ar­ ish work, they noted, but panshioners still look to the priest for a special ministry. "If someone is in the hospital and a sister visits, t~at "is nice," Father Sammon said.

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Which road the priesthood takes will be determined in large part by the "forces of the local church" and the "choices and formation of those who will be enlisted into this priesthood," said Father Philip Murnion, who spoke recently at a vocations conference at St. Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad. .

His talk on "The Parish Priest in the 1990s: Where Is the Church Headed?" was attended by bishops and vocations personnel from 34 dioceses.

In the 1990s, sacfamental ministry will "remain a clear and defin. ing element in the life of the parish priest," said Father Murnion.

Since this is the case, priests must learn to both "foster and exemplify a sacramental consciousness," he said.

He said the church must learn to identify the seminarian able to develop this kind of consciousness "as opposed to those who will be either clerical in their distancing themselves from people or perfunctory in their piety."

Tomorrow's priest will have to "recruit, develop, oversee, support and coordinate a variety of people doing a variety of things," Father Murnion said, adding that already eight of 10 leaders of parish ministries are lay people.

Priests, he said, need training in human relations, effective communicati9n, handling conflict, pastoral analysis and organizing people.

Learning to encourage others to accept leadership even though it may be "much simpler to do something one's self' will tax priests' patience, competence and imaginations, he said.

Without a common church mission and in the face of increasing diocesan regulations on administrative matters, he said, "parish priests can be driven into the most bureaucratic of attitudes," overly concerned with maintaining order and control of resources.

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The Saulinos said that from the start, St. Thomas More pastor Msgr. John J. Regan and Father Costa were "very accepting" of the group.

Saulino, a Fall River native and an elementary school teacher in that city; explained that tbe Family Group targets activities to children in kindergarten through grade five, and that some events include preschoolers. The parish has activities for students in grades six through eight, he said, and St. Thomas More high-schoolers are encouraged to join the parish Youth Group.

When children at St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, attend religious education classes on Sunday mornings, sometimes their parents get together, too.

They drink coffee, eat doughnuts and spend a lot of time plotting. "What are we' going to do with our children?" they ask each other.

No, it's not a premise for a horror film. The plotting parents are planning activities for the parish's new Family Group, an outreach for families with young children.

Lee and AI Saulino, parishionAll the group's .activities are ers for nine years, are one of 10 couples who do the bulk of plan- announced in the parish bulletin, ning Family Group activities. The the Saulinos said.

The first activity held by the group receives spiritual direction from Father David A. Costa, St. formalized group was 1987*s Halloween party. Again, attendance Thomas More's parochial vicar.

The Saulinos are-typical of in- was quite substantial.

At the parish's Thanksgiving volved families. They have three Eve Family Mass, Saulino said, children, Peter, 8, Justin, 5, and group families were invited to atAmanda, 2.

Saulino said that when son Pete tend and bring up canned goods started religious education instruc- durin,g the offertory procession tion at the parish, "we started to "to benefit the needy through dismeet other families with young tribution by parish Vincentians."

Preparations for Christmas acchildren."

The Saulino boys attended a tivities, Mrs. Saulino said, began 1985 Halloween party organized in November. She said that the by the parish's Duddy family, AI parish's Kolakowski family preSaulino said, noting that he and sented an Advent workshop for his wife were so impressed with the group families with making of effort that they became involved Advent wreaths and distribution with the Duddys and a committee of flyers with seasonal prayers for families with young children. to plan the 1986 party.

"The children strung popcorn "There was a big response to the under adult supervision," her husparty," said Mrs. Saulino, guidance band added, "and there was decocounselor at a Taunton middle ration of Christmas cookies and school, "because these kinds of making decorations." things hadn't previous.ly existed That segment of the program, on a regular basis. the couple said, was run by Liz "We had the interest," the FairSetters. haven native said, "and people willShortly before Christmas, group ing to work and organize it. And families took a bus trip to Edaville the religious education program Railroad in Carver, an outing cowas growing so there was a large ordinated by the Joaquin family. number of children to take advan"I liked the train ride and I liked tage of it." the scenes of Santa," Peter Sau"We bobbed for apples and we lino said. "I liked the reindeer," his had costume prizes," said Peter, . brother chimed in. who dressed as a clown that year.

The group's Christmas caroling, His younger brother, the Saulinos unfortunately, was canceled due said, attended as a ghost and took to inclement weather. the prize for best costume in his "Many of the people in the age bracket.

Over 100 families were present group are relatively new to the parish," Saulino said, "and this was a at the '86 party, the Saulinos said.

"People seemed to enjoy it so way they could become involved. much," Mrs. Saulino added. "They Saulino refers to the group as "a thought we should continue our way to practice the Christian efforts in providing children with- ideology in forming and maintaining family relationships." activities."

Thus far in 1988, the group has So they did. Within a year, said the couple, "we became an organ- had a Disney movie get-together (Pete: "Mommy made popcorn!" ized group and began planning a Justin: "But it didn't have enough calendar of activities."

butter and salt on it.") and traveled to New Bedford's Zeiterion Theater for a children's presentation.

Scheduled for the near future are an Easter party complete with egg hunt and a trip to the circus.

The Saulinos stress that the spiritual aspects of group activities, especially those connected with holiday celebrations, are always considered and presented to the children.

Pastor Msgr. Regan says that the Family Group is "a beginning to recognizing that young children need to realize that they have a very important role in the parish family."

Spiritual director Father Costa says that the group "stresses what church is. And church is family, a family of faith supporting each other.

"Church is not simply something that you do once a week," he said.

"It touches people's lives.

"Knowing that people care about faith," he concluded, "is encouraging."

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Spirituality in later life

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Spiritual needs of elder persons were addressed at an ecumenical conference recently sponsored by the state Executive Office of Elder Affairs. .

Participants were welcomed by Paul J. Lanzikos. Elder Affairs Secretary, who said, "There has to be a clear understanding by those of us who work with the elder p.opulat~on of this state and especially with the 55,000 residents of nursing and rest homes that spirituality is an ongoing process. While a once-a-week spiritual service is a. good offering to residents and eIders living in their home, it may not be the only way to express or • answer their spiritual needs.

"What happens when a resident, a longterm friend, a significant other, a husband or wife dies?

Who is there to talk to? Who is there to help someone through the mourning process? These are questions in an elder's life that do not surface only on Saturdays or Sundays.... They are week-long concerns.. .life-long questions!"

Following a panel discussion by three elder persons on their per~onal attitudes to·wards spiritualIty, workshops were held on Comingto Terms with Your Own Aging Process; Fostering Working Relationships that Enhance the Spiritual Progress of the Elderly; and Programs that Answer the Spiritual Needs of Elders in Institutions and the Community.

- Excerpted from "The Elder Advocate," published by the Elder Affairs Office

The Same "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday. today and forever." - Heb. 13:8

Knowing Him better

By Joseph Motta "I don't want God to be a stranger to me," says Mary Rougier of St. Patrick's parish, Fall River. "I don't think I could survive without prayer."

Miss Rougier, a telephone operator. is representative of the population of the Fall River diocese when it comes to attitudes regarding prayer. She is aware of its importance and takes it very seriously.

Mary has a special love for the rosary and prays it every day. A bumper sticker on her car encourages other drivers to do so, too.

The native. of northern New York State smiles often when she speaks of the difference contemplative moments have made in her everyday life. "I'm not going to live forever," she says with a grin, "so I have to get ready for the Lord.

"Y ou need God to get through the day's activities," Mary continued. "I.begin the day by asking for his help."

How does she pray?

"I sit in my chair when I come home from work," she says, "put· my feet up and meditate on my day and how I can be better tomorrow.

"Sometimes when you can't sleep," she offers, "it's a good time to think about God." She considers the Lord a friend and provider,

Erin go bragh! . As a professional Irishman who uses green ink on every possible occasion, I often wonder how the name "Rice" ever grew on my Irish family tree. I mean, how could such an obviously English name be Irish?

With fa!TIily names like Casserly, Hennessy and Feeney, I once asked my grandfather,. John Rice, how such an Anglo-Saxon name·could claim Hibernian roots. Simple, he said, the British made our ancestors adopt English surnames.

That was the least of many crimes against my Irish forebears committed by their British oppressors. Their efforts to stamp out our faith, our schools and our freedom ultimately failed, but the suffering was immense.

They could not kill our sense of humor either. Former Minnesota Senator Eugene J. McCarthy proved that at the Minnesota Press Club the other day. "The British forced us to speak their language," he said, "but we got even. We now speak it better than they do."

In God's eternal plan, the fact that the English conquerors stamped out the Irish language and then forced millions of Irish to emigrate resulted in a miracle. Like earlier Irish missionaries, these immigrants spread their faith and ideals around the world.

Their mastery of English gave

them an advantage over other ethnic groups in the United States, Canada, Australia and other lands where English was the national tongue. They advanced swiftly through domestic service into police work, politics, journalism, law, education, and most notably, religion.

A study made not long before Vatican II showed that the American hierarchy was predominantly Irish, and almost none ofthe bishops studied had parents with college degrees.

My favorite story on the rapid rise of the Irish after they were driven from their homeland was told by Harry Fleischman in a lively column sent by the American Jewish Committee to U.S. church and labor papers.

"As an aftermath to the Irish uprising of 1848, reports the 'Butcher Workman,' nine men were tried and convicted of treason against Her Majesty, Queen Victoria of Great Britain," Fleischman wrote.

The nine "traitors" were banished to Australia when a worldwide protest caused the queen to commute their death sentences.

Decades passed, the "Workman" reported, and in 1874 the queen learned that a Sir Charles Duffy, prime minister of Australia, was the same Charles Duffy she had exiled 26 years earlier.

MARY ROUGIER with her statue of 5t. Joseph her favorite saint. (Motta photo) . '. "someone I want to know better and better."

Walking, driving and kitchen work all offer good opportunities for prayer, she says. Riding Fall River buses during stormy winter weather, she's often seen women praying the rosary. "It's beautiful," she says. "It's edifying to see someone unashamed to show her faith."

Catholic newspapers and magazines regularly find their way to Mary's mailbox, and she often engages in spiritual reading. Her bookmark is currently in St. AIphonsus Liguori's "The Way of Salvation and of Perfection."

Mary stresses the importance of listening' to God when praying.

She also notes that she thinks

prayer for the dead should be high on priority lists. "We may need the help of those who follow us someday," she explains.

She feels sorry for persons without faith, she says, and keeps them in her prayers. And she is touched that acquaintances and coworkers have noted her faith and occasionally have asked her for prayers.

Mary believes that the quality of one's prayer improves with practice. f,It's something you learn all the time," she says. "I think I can pray better this year than I did last year."

"The love of God" is enough motivation for anyone to work on improving their prayer life, she says. "A little effort is all that's needed. Something will come of it."

WASHINGTON (NC) - A Catholic senator recently told Catholic Charities USA officials that it was "a grave deficit" in U.S. society that there is no comprehensive system for financing longterm health care.

Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine, spoke at a meeting of the board of trustees of Catholic Charities USA, he is chairman of the Health Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Finance.

Also a speaker was Msgr.

Charles J. Fahey, director of the Third Age Center at Fordham University.

"It is a glaring deficit in our society that long-term care is not covered in any way." Mitchell said, adding that he planned to introduc~ legislation covering the cost of nursing home care beyond the first three years.

Other legislative proposals expectep to be introduced would provide a structure for long-term care insurance, funding for adult day care centers, and a system of long-term care savings accounts and tax incentives.

A b~ckgrou~? paper issued by Catholic Chanties at the meeting targeted the elderly and those who are physically or mentally handicapped as in need of coverage for home medical care as well as such services as assistance from home health aides for meals.

According to Catholic Charities officials, no program aids in financing long-term care for such illnesses as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, terminal cancer, and chronic heart and lung conditions.

In its background paper Catho- . lic Charities noted that U.S. expectancy is age 76 and will be 86 by the year 2000 and that the fastest growing age group is 85 and older.

Earnings report aids planning By BERNARD CASSERLY

The queen then asked what had happened to the other eight. Patrick Donahue and Terence McManus had become brigadier generals in the U.S. Army, she was told. Morrie Lyene had become attorney general of Australia and was succeeded in that post by another exile: Michael Ireland.

Thomas McGee had become minister of agriculture of Canada and Richard O'Gorman governor general of Newfoundland. Thomas Meagher had been elected governor of Montana. The ninth exile John Mitchell, became a New York politician, and his son, John Purroy Mitchell, mayor of New York City. .

My source does not record what Queen Victoria had to say about the achievements of these Irishmen, once sentenced to death as traitors. Did she give a thought to other Irish rebels hung from a gallows tree?

By Donald L. Singewald Social Security District Manager Beneficiaries who worked last year and earned over the Social Security annual earnings limit are required to file an annual report of earnings with Social Security by April 15. You should take the time to use this report for one of the things it is designed to be - a planning tool·that permits you to work and receive Social Security benefits painlessly and profitably.

The report is completed to show how much you earned last year and how much you expect to earn the current year. Social Security then adjusts your benefit to reflect your estimate.

Problems occur when people earn more than they estimate and fail to report it to Social Security so that their benefits can be adjusted to reflect the increased earnings. The result is that they receive more benefits than they are entitled to - an overpayment. The law requires that overpayments be paid back. Generally, this is accomplished through deductions from future benefits, but it may be repaid in a lump sum. In any case, the process can be painful to people who rely on Social Security benefits as their primary source of income after they stop working.

When making an estimate of earnings, a person should consider

such things as cost-of-Iiving increases, potential raises, tips, etc.

Employees should note that the amount that must be reported is . gross earnings, not take home pay.

For self-employed persons, the amount that must be reported is net income after deducting business expenses.

Any change in earnings should be reported as soon as possible to avoid overpayments. Changes may be reported by telephone, mail, or in person to any Social Security office.

Failure to file an ann·ual earnings report may require a person to pay a monetary penalty. Failure to provide an estimate of earnings for 1988 could result in an interruption of benefits.

The earnings limit for beneficiaries under 65 was $6,600 in 1987 and is $6,120 for 1988. For people 65-69, the limit was $8,160 in 1987 and is $8,400 in 1988. The earnings limits do not apply to people 70 and over.

You should have received a copy of the earnings report form in the mail. Call any Social Security office for a form or to report your earnings. If you have your W-2 form(s) or income tax retufn when you call, the report could be done at the same time. '

How to adopt a child

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr. Kenny: We want to adopt a child. My wife and I are in our mid-30s and have two teen-age sons. We would be thrilled to have one or two more children. Would an adoption agency consider us?

(Indiana) In an age when so many adults find children a nuisance, your letter is refreshing. I applaud your wish for children. I know of no more important task, no more fulfilling activity, than raising children.

Unclaimed and unattached healthy babies are quite rare today.

Contraception and abortion almost have eliminated any surplus of children for adoption. If you want to adopt, you must take an active role in finding a child. You cannot simply apply and then sit back and wait for someone to come by with your new baby.

The first step is to apply at your local welfare department or at a licensed child-placing agency. They will need to evaluate your home, a process that usually consists of family history, references, medical and financial checking, interviews and a home visit. You cannot obtain a child until your home is approved.

One way to start sooner is to ask your local welfare department if you can be a foster parent. Approval to become a foster parent is quicker. Foster children, of course, would only remain in your home for a short period (2-12 months), but there is a great need today for foster parents. This also is an

excellent way for you to become known to your local welfare department.

Once you have been approved for adoption, look for a child. Let other agencies know you are approved and are lo~king.

Welfare departments in almost all states have lists of hard-toplace children. These are youngsters with a handicap which makes them less attractive to some families for adoption.

The hard-to-place list includes sibling groups (children of the same family who need to stay together), older children, physically or mentally handicapped children and chIldren of mixed race. They all need the love and care of home and family. Ask your local welfare department to see this list.

Other child-placing agencies include some hospitals or homes for unwed mothers, as well as diocesan departments of social services.

Check with them. (In the Fall River diocese, Catholic Social Services office numbers are Attleboro, 226-4780; Fall River, 6744681; New Bedford, 997-7337; Cape Cod,771-6771.)

Some children from foreign countries are available for adoption in the United States. You can find out the addresses of these international adoption agencies from your welfare department or church-related agency.

Finally, "open" adoptions are growing in popularity. An "open" adoption is one where the natural parent is granted some visitation rights after the adoption has been completed. In some states, such

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"Open" adoptions are attractive to the natural parent who knows he or she cannot manage but at the same time cannot completely give up or abandon his or her child.

Foster parenting sometimes can lead to an "open" adoption if you have a cooperative welfare department. I have been involved in four such "open" adoptions in the past three months.

Adoption surely is a possibility for you. Apply for a home study.

When that is completed, take an active role in searching for your new family. Good luck!

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address The Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

No major problems VIENTIANE, Laos(NC)- The Catholic Church in Laos has no major problems with the governmerit, and its general situation has improved in recent years, said Bishop Jean Khamse Vithavong of Vientiane Vicariate.

Catholics are free to practice the faith, he said, adding that priests sentenced to reeducation camps are being released to resume religious activities. But the government continues to punish Bishop JeanBaptiste Outhay of the Vicariate of Savannakhet, who is under virtual house arrest, he added.

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Pope tells media to be fearless

Cardinal Casaroli enjoys bantering with press ROME (NC)- Cardinal Agostino Casaroli's face broke into a smile and he nodded in recog'nition as he passed the group of religious news writers lined up alongside the front pew to attend his Mass.

For the Vatican secretary of state, 'this meant he would soon engage in one of his favorite, but infrequent, pastimes: bantering with the press.

For journalists it would be a rare opportunity to question the Vatican official second in power only to Pope John Paull\.

The event also provides a chance for Cardinal Casaroli to combine his diplomat's caution with his natural instinct to be talkative.

This combination' includes being chatty without saying much, hinting at church policy without spelling it out in easily quotable catch phrases, and avoiding questions by laughingly complaining that journalists are trying to put words in his mouth.

Bantering with the press is a skill the cardinal developed during his 47 years as a Vatican diplomat, much of it as the architect of Vatican relations with Soviet-bloc countries, when he built up confidential relationships with many Italian journalists to whom he would provide background information as long as they did not use his name. Both sides used the Italian approach of handling touchy subjects by talking between the lines and continually surrounding the conversation with jokes and quips. It would be left up to the journalist to draw conclusions.

This situation continues at the press conferences, with Italian journalists taking the lead in asking questions. ' These informal press conferences occur once a year, after the car~ dinal celebrates Mass for the Union of Italian Catholic Businessmen, of which he is the spiritual adviser.

The annual Mass is held at Rome's Holy Apostles Basilica,' and the date varies depending on the cardinal's busy schedule.

At the most recent Mass, the press conference began in the sacristy when about 10 journalists crowded around the cardinal as soon as he finished taking off his Mass vestments.

The cardinal was in good form.

When asked ifthe pope would visit the Soviet Union soon, he snapped: "But you are saying this."

The cardinal then paused and added: "I'm curious to hear what newspapers think because some-

times they have intuitions for news that escape those who are in the control rooms."

This was interpreted to mean that the pope would probably visit the Soviet Union, but the trip was still several years away.

In reference to Vatican efforts to improve relations with China, Cardinal Casaroli was asked if he was studying Chinese.

"It's difficult to learn the language. It's hard to understand in this language if you are saying 'to put' or 'to lose,' " he said.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) -'\fthe Soviet Union is to have domestic peace, the government must respect the identity, history and values of its diverse national minorities, the Vatican newspaper said in a frontpage editorial.

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"I'll wait until the government WASH INGTON (NC) - ArchLatinizes the alphabet. After, we'll bishop John L. May of St. Louis see," he continued. zeroed in on the role of women This was interpreted to mean when asked what he hopes the that some headway is being made final document of the 1987 world but significant improvements are a Synod of Bishops will draw out long way off. from the synod's deliberations.

The 73-year~0Id cardinal also During the synod Pope John hinted that these press conferences Paul II "heard the living word" of may soon be coming to an end bishops from all parts ofthe world because his retirement date is concerned about dignity and jusapproaching. In July 1989, his tice for women, he said. second five-year term as secretary The many discussions on that of state expires, several months topic showed that the role of women before he reaches the age of 75, is not just a peculiarly American when Vatican officials are required issue, he said. to submit their resignations to the "What they're talking about is pope. the simple dignity, the human rights "There are deadlines which ob- of women," he added. jectively exist," he said when asked Archbishop May was in Washif he would be leaving office soon. ington to deliver the fifth annual "Sometimes answers come when John Cardinal Dearden Lecture at you are lea'st thinking of it, as my The Catholic University of Amerfall in New York," he added. ica. The lecture series is named The cardinal was referring to his after Cardinal Dearden, retired fall down the stairs in October archbishop of Detroit and first 1985 while staying at the Holy See president of the National Confermission to the United Nations. He ence of Catholic Bishops. injured his spleen and had to have The St. Louis archbishop, the it removed. current NCCB president and an His answer was interpreted as NCCB representative at last Ocmeaning the cardinal would leave tober's synod' on the laity, made when he reaches retirement age the synod his lecture topic. because of his health.

He stressed that it is not yet Such press conferences have been over, because a papal document a fixture since the cardinal became on its discussions has not yet been secretary of state in 1979 and reissued. porters- discovered the Mass as a Many of the synod propositions public event where they could lie , submitted to the pope look "platiin wait for the policy maker. tudinous" in comparison with the discussions that lay behind them, Informality has also been a fixhe said. ture. Some years the press conference has extended beyond the Archbishop May was asked what sacristy as reporters kept stride he hoped would be conveyed betwith the cardinal down a long hall- ter in the forthcoming papal docway to a side room, where the bus- ument than in the final synod inessmen have prepared a reception propositions. for the Vatican official.

"I was very much pleasantly Why do journalists do this? Be- surprised and encouraged that cause the cardinal and the pope not only in the so-called West but are the only two officials responsi- possibly more, contrary to what ble for supervising the whole range people were saying, even in the of church activities. Cardinal Casa- Third World - the role of women roli is coordinator of Vatican was highlighted again and again," agencies and is re.sponsible for the he said.

Vatican's relations with national "the cardinal of Ireland said we hierarchie's and governments. can no longer iook upon this as an Cardinal Casaroli is also less 'American aberration.' John XX III, accessible than his boss because he you remember, talked about this engages in few announced pUblic events. The pope, however, visits with journalists during his flights abroad and sometimes offers offthe-cuff comments to journalists he recognizes during his Sunday Rome parish visits.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Catholic communicators must be "fearless" in presenting the truth about abortion, violence and the denial of human rights, said Pope John Paul II. The pope said he hoped "every Catholic in the communications media will be fearless in the presentation and defense of truth, even when that truth may be unpopular at a particular time or in a particular place."

Speaking in English earlier this month to participants in a meeting of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, headed

by Archbishop John P. Foley, the pope encouraged Catholic communicators to defend "the rights and dignity of every human being."

These rights include the right to life, to housing, education, a just wage and the freedom to profess one's religious belief, he added.

question of the role of women in the church as a sign of the times.

He said we have to face this."

Archbishop May said that Third World bishops spoke about basic justice issues such as "dowry pracMembers of the communications tice," in which women in effect are media must make known the "consold into marriage, or "the murder tinuing tragedy" of children "deof little girls" in some societies. liberately killed before birth," the "They're not worried if women pope said. They must report the can be altar servers. They consider suffering and deaths of those victhat the most insignificant kind of tims of violence, hunger and disconcern," he said. "What they're ease, and those who suffer from concerned with is the simple, huthe "persistent denial of human man treatment of women, any rights, including the right to prokind of equality." fess and practice religion publicly."

As another illustration of the The pope also urged communidiscussions, Archbishop May sumcators to "tell the good news" marized an intervention at the about the "heroic but humble synod by Cardinal George Basil people in the world."

Hume of Westminster, England: Catholic communicators must "Cardinal Hume said, 'I had a "publicly communicate the good terrible dream the other day. I was news of Jesus Christ," even at perworried in Westminster about these sonal cost, the pope said. They women bringing up the cruets, should also be models of"personal women who are taking more and integrity" and "professional commore part in the church. And there petence." are people who are very disturbed , "The power of the communicaabout it.' tions media is undoubtedly very "He said, 'I thought I'd talk to great, and it depends on us to guarthe nuncio about this. I called up antee that they will always be the nuncio, but she wasn't home instruments at the service of truth, -and I talked to her husband, and justice and moral decency," the he said, Well, she's over in church pope concluded. preparing her 'Scripture reading for next Sunday. " 'So,' he said, 'I went back to sleep, and I was terribly disturbed about what's going on.'

VATICAN CITY (NC) "He said, 'Then I woke up - I Worldwide contributions to relieve woke up in a country where a the Vatican's annual budget shortwoman runs the government, where falljumped significantly in 1987to a woman is leading company after more than $50 million, but still fell company, and where a woman is short of meeting the $9 million doing this and this and this....' deficit, according to Vatican fig"And he said, 'Now you all have ures. talked about your culture, and The Vatican also estimates a some of the countries of the world $54.7 million shortfall in 1988 have said if we grant all these operating expenses which would rights to women, it will be against mark the first time since 1979 that their culture, it will be very disthe shortfall would be lower than turbing and tear up the life of the that of the previous year. church in their culture.

Cardinal John Krol, retired " 'Well we have a culture too,' archbishop of Philadelphia and a he said, 'and our culture tells us leading figure in Vatican budget different things.' " discussions, said a U.S. endowArchbishop May concluded the ment fund has been esta blished for anecdote: "The Holy Father later Vatican debt relief and is expected saw Cardinal Hume, and he said to make its first contribution next to him, 'Keep dreaming.' year.

"We are thinking in terms of hundreds of millions of dollars" as the eventual capital of the fund, the cardinal said.

Money for the fund will be solicited from wealthy individuals and invested, with part of the interest going to the Vatican, he added.

The remaining interest will be added to the fund, he said.

The cardinal said several million dollars have already been collected and the fund should make its first contribution next year. He is chairman of the fund's sevenmember steering committee.

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By Msgr. George G. Higgins An 8-year-old boy in India bears molten glass on the tips of poles.

Scurrying to keep up production. he dodges piles of broken glass and bla7.ing open furnaces. His scarred face tells the story of his travails and job dangers.

In Bangkok. a 12-year-old girl. her frail body barely a.ble to keep going. works 15 hours a day in a textile factory for a few cents pay and scraps of food.

An African father of seven wheezes as he inhales a heavy dose of asbestos while battering down the wall of a dilapidated building.

A group of Eastern European workers lumber back to their dreary factorv jobs after their latest effort to organize a union is crushed by government force.

There is but one multilateral organization that offers these and millions of other workers around the globe hope from oppression: The International Labor Organization. which is the oldest of all the specialized U. N. agencies.'

The Geneva-based ILO. through its code of labor standards. has sought to prevent these kinds of human and worker rights violations worldwide since its creation in 1919. The ILO. uniting representatives of workers. employers and governments. also fosters economic growth and employment. and provides wide-ranging advice and technical assistance on social and development issues.

Its primary focus is the Third World. but the world labor body seeks to improve the status of working men and women everywhere and to abolish child labor abuses. Yet the ILO faces an uncertain future because of persisting problems offunding that threaten to weaken its programs.

Although the United States is one of the world's leading champions of human rights. it is a principal cause of the funding plight of this world body today. All Americans with a sense of social and economic justice will find it unconscionable that the United States continues to owe some $15 million toward the now-past ILO budget for 1986-87.

The failure of America to meet its full contribution of 25 percent of the ILO's operating costs - a pledge made long ago - is the worst record of any major contributing nation.

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This poor contribution record will not only serve to dimiish American effectiveness in the organization. it also will seriously diminish the ILO's efforts to secure basic human rights and to elevate the status of workers in depressed and totalitariam nations. regardless of whethcr the oppression is from despots of the left or the right.

Succinctly. our failure to pay what we pledge will hurt us and. worse. the people we want to help through the I LO's humanitarian efforts.

Concerned Americans and groups should insist that the United States meet its financial obligations so that this world organization can meet its noble goals.

We can start by expressing dismay about this funding dilemma to our congressional representatives.

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Coyle and Cassidy High School intense feelings may follow the path of "the winds that blow" and go away.

Consider these suggestions: I. Expect change. People who are dating need to allow for a wide range of feelings. Be aware of your feelings and know that being in love does not always mean experiencing intense, emo tional closeness.

2. Talk about your feelings in an honest yet sensitive way. Tell the other person how your feelings seem to be changing. If the relationship continues to hold meaning for you, be sure to say' this.

3. Build closeness on more than feelings. Remember to share interests, activities, goals and values.

Put fun and enjoyment into your relationship through doing as well as through feelings.

4. Respect the freedom that both of you need to grow as individuals. Strong relationships acknowledge the differences and strengths in each person. No person is meant to remain the same forever. Try to support the other person's growth. .

5. If space is needed for individual growth or change, then care enough about yourself and the other person to let go of the relationship. Such a choice is difficult, but trust this need for separation. lfthe relationship is right for both of you, it may redevelop at another time. If it does not, your action shows that you understand the deeper meaning of love, and this attitude will carry over into a new relationship.

6. Above all, try to keep your sense of humor. Doing so will allow the friendship part of the relationship to continue, even if the relationship changes. The friendship will be an enduring asset for whatever happens in the future.

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SEASONS CHANGE Some dreams are in the nighttime And some seem like yesterday You long to say a thousand words But seasons thange It feels like it's forever No reason for emptiness But time just runs away No more day by day You dream again of the day When seasons thange I want you I want to feel you by my side Don't you know that I need you baby Seasons thange, feelings thange Been so long sinte I found you . Yes, it seems like yesterday Seasons thange, people thange I'd satrifite tomorrow just to Have you here today.

Forever, you seem so far away This time for love and for play You dream about the day Feelings slip away The winds that blow they go away And seasons thange I want you Don't hide your feelings from inside I need you Got to have your love baby Sung by Expose. Written by Lewis Martinee. (t) 1987 by Arista Retords Inc. WHAT DOES EMOTIONAL change mean in a dating relationship? This question find Expose's dynamic vocal abilities were what impressed me as I listened to their new single, "Seasons Change."

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Q. My grandpa is going to move in with us next month and I have to give up my bedroom and sleep in my brother's bedroom. I hate tbis, but 111 do it to help grandpa. I wish you would tell me something about how to relate to old people better. I firid them hard to talk to.

(Kansas) A. I'd certainly hate to give up my bedroom. It's a measure of your generous spirit that you are willing to help your grandpa even though you understandably resent the move you have to make.

Perhaps it will help some if you . take time to think about how your grandpa must be feeling now.

He must give up an old, familiar home with an old, familiar routine and move into strange surroundings where there's probably a different schedule and maybe many different ways of doing things.

often expect intense, emotional closeness all the time. However, as the song states, "feelings chapge ... people changy." There is no guarantee that the way a relationship begins is how it always will be experienced.

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And perhaps it will be very painful for him to know that he is depriving you of the privacy of your own bedroom.

If you and your brother can try to avoid bumping into each other, physically and psychologically, this may be the beginning of deeper, friendlier ties between the two of you. Lots of siblings have been known to have wonderful conversations at night before going to sleep.

It also might be the beginning of a deeper friendship with grandpa.

To help this friendship along, keep the following ideas in mind.

In a general way it's true to say that old people take more naps than you do. Often they don't have the energy you do. They also may be more jumpy. A slammed door can make them leap out of a chair almost. And they're more likely to

tune in the easy listening or classical station than the one that features hard rock.

Old people seem to have a need to talk about many of the experiences of their lives. Sometimes this can be boring for the listener.

But you may be able to make it interesting if you ask your grandpa about what his life was like when he was 15. Question him along these lines: Did many guys smoke then?

How much did they drink? How late was he allowed to stay out on weeknights? When did he have his first date and where did he take the girl? How much money did he earn on his paper route? And so on.

This may not only help grandpa, but it may also help you gain greater insight into your present life and your life in the near future.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was recently welcomed at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, on the occasion of his annual pastoral visit.

He celebrated Mass for students with concelebrants CC chaplain Father Richard M. Roy, Taunton area dean Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton and over a dozen Taunton area priests whose parishes are served by the school.

Music was by the Coyle-Cassidy Folk Group, directed by Sister Eugenia Marie.

Student body president David Simas presented Bishop Cronin with a Catholic Charities Appeal donation.

The bishop was named an honorary captain of the school's hockey team, 1988 champion of Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Division II. Captain John Gambino presented him with a personalized jersey.

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107 students have been recognized for second-quarter academic performance.

Earning high honors were freshman Marie Foley, Sarah Funke, Paul Gomes, Jennifer Moniz, Melissa Poyant and P禄trick Sweeney; sophomores Elizabeth Boyle, Nicole Dorthe and Stacey Sanborn;juniors Michele Boivin, Jonathan Funke, Lea Guay, Dora Melo, James O'Gara and Linda Wilke; and senior Michele Napier.

30 students merited honors and 路61 others honorable mentions.

Father Roy celebrates Lenten liturgies at 10:40 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the school chapel and is available for confessions during lunch periods.

A Mass marking the third anniversary of the tragic deaths of. brothers Michael and John Butler will be celebrated at 4:30 p.m.

Monday. Classmates, alumni and friends are welcome.

A school delegation recently served meals to about 75 homeless men and women at St. Paul's Church, Dorchester. On March 26, a CC group will help feed some' 300 people at Boston's Fort Point Shelter. Monetary donations for the meals may be made to the school at Adams and Hamilton Streets, Taunton 02780.

To complete their Lenten exper'iences, juniors and seniors will participate in retreats at LaSalette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro.

Bishop Connolly The Dramatics Society of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, will present a comedy, "18 Nervous Gumshoes," tonight and tomorrow night.

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Sister Terry Farrell, RSM, head of Connolly's mathematics department, has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation and Indiana University of Pennsylvania to study use of computers in teaching math.

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The school's 1988 Lenten celebration has been themed "Hunger and Thirst for Justice," Chaplain Father Roy, religion department chairman Michael Cote and faculty and students planned activities, at which parents, friends and alumni are welcome.

A prayer service is held each Wednesday, the same day faculty and students are asked to fast and donate money saved to Catholic Relief Services.

Young Poles flee VATICAN CITY (NC) - A joint declaration by Polish church and government representatives has expressed concern for the "disturbing phenomenon" of young Poles leaving their homeland for economic reasons. Poland's bishops said it was the "duty of young generations to serve their own country." ,

BISHOP CRONIN displays his CC Warrior hockey jersey. With him, from left, student council officers David Simas and Michele Napier and hockey team captain John Gambino.

tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Films Office ratings. which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parentalguidance strongly suaested for children under 13; PG-parentalguidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for . children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separateclassification (given films not morally offensive which. however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

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STEPHANIE CIOSEK shows her 'Junior Achievement trophy to Aaron Mittleman, president of the Greater Fall River J A board of directors. (Photo courtesy of Fall River Herald News)

Connolly student a winner Stephanie Ciosek, 17, a junior honor student at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, who is also active in the school's Peer Ministry Club and a member of the cheerleading and debating teams and the yearbook staff, recently added to her laurels at a Region One Junior Achievement Conference at Mt. Pocono, Pa. There she took first place in public speaking for her speech "Build Bridges, Not Walls." She repeated the prize-winning effort last month at a meeting of the Fall River Chamber of Commerce.

Junior Achievement, an organization that introduces young people to business skills, has been active in the Fall River area for 12 years. Meetings are held from 6 to 9 p.m. each Wednesday at the Durfee Street campus of Bristol Community College and new members are welcome.

Also involved in the Mt. Pocono conference were Christine Vieira and Robert ,King of Connolly, with King serving on the conference planning committee. Traci Viveiros represented Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth.

Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local list¡ Ings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "End of the Line" (Orion Classics) Veteran railroad workers (Wilford Brimley and Levon Helm) protest the closing of their town's railyard, confronting the railroad's chairman of the board, who helps them teach his son-in-law, the company president, a lesson in humanity. An authentic and uncloying evocation of life in rural America.

Fine ensemble acting, some rough language. A2, PG "Frantic" (Warner Bros.) Wellcrafted suspense thriller about an .American couple in Paris (Harrison Ford and Betty Buckley) who get caught up in a dangerous game of international intrigue. Restrained violence, brief nudity, several drug scenes and some street language. A3, R "Apprentice to Murder" (New World) In rural Pennsylvania in 1927, an itinerant preacher-faith healer (Donald Sutherland) takes a 16-year-old (Chad Lowe) under his wing, but their friendship ends in the exorcism of a local hermit (Knut Husebo) who looks and acts a lot like the devil. Moody and listless with brief graphic violence and several totally gratuitous sexual encounters. 0, PG 13 "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (Orion Pictures) Adapted from a novel about a womanizing brain surgeon (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his relationship with two women in particular - an artistic free spirit (Lena Olin) and his wife (Juliette Binoche) - before, during and after the 1968 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. Moving period piece with remarkable performances marred by numerous scenes of graphic nudity and explicit sex. 0, R Films on TV Sunday, March 20, 9-11:30 p.m.

EST (ABC) - "Octopussy"(1983) - Superagent James Bond (Roger Moore) is once again on the trail

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of an international conspiracy, this time involving an East German circus, a maverick Soviet general, an Asian dealer in counterfeit gems and an Oriental crime ring of women. A3, PG Sunday, March 13, 9-11 p.m.

EST (NBC) - "The Terminator" (1984) - Violent action fantasy in which a killing machine' in the shape of a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back from the future to assassinate a young waitress destined otherwise to bear a son who will lead humans to victory over android rule of a postnuclear world. 0, R Wednesday, March 23, 9-11 p.m.

EST (PBS) - "A Flash of Green" (1985) - Reporter in a small Florida town lets himselfbe drawn into the orbit of a corrupt politician intent on enriching himself, and in ,the process begins fronting for an ecologically destructive resort development. An interesting, very well-acted but flawed movie based on a John D. MacDonald novel.

A3, no Motion Picture Association of America rating.

Religious TV Sunday, March 13 (CBS) ."For Our Times" - A rebroadcast of "A Need for Healing: Alcohol and Drug Abuse," a report on the religious community's involvement in programs oftreatment for chemically dependent persons.

Religious Radio Sunday, March 13 (NBC) "Guideline" - Will Carter, music director of the Church of Our Sav,: ior, New York, discusses the significance of the special music used during the Lenten season.

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St. Anne's School, Fall River Grade eight winners at the recently held annual science fair at St. Anne School, Fall River, were Carlin Saccucci, first; Emmanual Paiva, second; Eric Bradbury, third; and Susan Carreiro, honorable mention.

Michael Sypek was first among seventh grade winners. Thomas Lawlor second, Rene Charest third.

Honorable mention went to student Billy Cox. Students Christopher Kochanski and Kelly Labrecque tied for first among sixth graders, and honorable mention went to Christine DiSanto and Theresa Carreiro.

The Principal's Award went to Stacy Medeiros.

Seventh and eighth grade winners will compete in a regional science fair March 18 through 20 at Bristol Community College, Fall River.

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Students in grades two through five recently participated in a Fire Safety Program. "Robot FRED" and audience participation combined to present home fire safety principles.

Another recent presentation was made by Steven Michael Harris, ~uthor of "-:his :s My Trunk," ,,;!ho gave a cre1?tivc writing workS'lOp for sixth through eighth graders.

WJAR-TV meteorologist Gary Ley will speak to students in grades four and five on Tuesday.

To celebrate Lent, kindergarten students are performing 40 small but meaningful good deeds. Students in grades two through eight ~re participating in penance servIces.

Other activities include making Easter cards for nursing home residents and contributing to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

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On March 21 third graders will visit St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, for a tour and videotape presentation designed to alleviate children's fears of hospitals.

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Bishop Stang Lenten Masses are celebrated at 7:15 a.m. Thursdays at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. All are welcome to attend.

Penitential services are also scheduled.

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, Jason Fournier, Nancy Hunter, Joseph Keogh and Christopher Martin are Commended Students in the 1988 National Merit Scholarship Program.

We have been called to love God above all else through a life of prayer and work-caring for incurable cancer patients.

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The school's theatre arts department is rehearsing for a spring production of "Grease."

The boys' winter track team recently successfully defended its State Class D championship title.

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APOSTOLATE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Easter Mass 2 p.m. Palm Sunday, March 27, St. Vincent's Home, Fall Riv'er; social, children's Easter egg hunt and International Catholic Deaf Association meeting follow; new chap-. ter officers: Theresa Sedoma, president; Gladys Macedo, vice-president; Anna Larocque, secretary; Pauline Raiche, treasurer. Faith and ,Light meeting 3:30 p.m. April 10, Sacred Heart Church rectory, Fall River; information: Peter Gillis, 6795233, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.

Evening of recollection for religious education teachers 7 p.m. March 18, Sacred' Heart Church rectory, FaU River.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Kolbe Guild men's Lenten retreat Sunday begins with 10:30 a.m. Mass, continues to midafternoon.

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, POCASSET St. Patrick's Day celebration at Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday; entertainment: "Sweet Adelines."

O.L. ANGELS, FR Holy Name Society Mass 8 a.m.

March 20; breakfast and meeting follow, hall. Senior Citizens' Club Mass 8 a.m. March 27; breakfast follows, hall.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Children's choir rehearsals time changed to follow 10 a.m. Mass Sundays at Queen of All Saints Chapel, Mashpee. Family Mass 10 a.m. March 27.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Paraliturgy for second graders 9: 15 a.m. tomorrow, church. Ladies of St. Anne will attend 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday; business meeting 7 p.m.

Tuesday.

ST. MARY,NB Discussion group led by Sister Rita Pelletier, SSJ, meets 10 a.m.

Tuesdays; all welcome. Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday includes Lenten program with Sister Pelletier.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Penance service 7 p.m. March 23; preacher: Father Richard G. Andrade. Seniors' Club meeting I p.m.

Monday; board meets 12:30 'p.m.

School parents' meeting 6:30 p.m.

March 20. Phyllis Babiarz has been honored with a testimonial for her efforts to promote Polish culture.

ULTREYA,DARTMOUTH Dartmouth Ultreya meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday, St. Joseph's Hall, 800 Tucker Road.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA First Communion enrollment Mass 10 a.m. Sunday. Confirmation I penance service 7 p.m. Monday.

Confirmation II retreat April 18, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown.

ST. ELIZABETH, FR Adult Christian Formation sessions featuring videotape teaching by the late Father Anthony de Mello, SJ, 4 p.m. March 13, 20 and 27.

Reconciliation service 7 to 8 p.m.

March 28. Parish awards night 4:30 tomorrow. Religious education program parents' day (grades 4 to 6) 10:30 a.m. March 20; family reconciliation for grades 5 and 6 2 p.m. tomorrow, for grades 7 to 9 2 p.m.

March 26. Grades 7 to 9 family meeting 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Mass of reconciliation and confessions 7 p.m. March 22.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN DCCW retreat today through Sunday. Priests' Lenten day of reflection 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. St. Mary's, Taunton, Confirmation I day of reflection 3:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

ST. JAMES, NB Ladies' Guild annual Mass for deceased members 6 p.m. Wednesday; communion supper follows.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON The CYO basketball team is congratulated for its first place in regular season play.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK First communion II a.m. Mass March 19. The Junior B CYO basketball team finished the regular season with a 15 win, 0 loss ·record.

CYO basketball players will attend II :30 a.m. Mass March 20. Cursillo prayer time 8 p.m. Wednesday, parish center. Fellowship after 9 a.m.

SACRED HEART, FR Adult confirmation classes follow Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. Tuesday.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Women's Guild living rosary 7:30 tonight.

ST. GEORGE, WESlPORT Women's Guild meeting 7 p.m.

March 28, school hall; new members welcome.

Mass Thursday.

NOTRE DAME, FR Penance service 7:30 p.m. March 28, church. The cornerstone, which includes a time capsule, has been laid at the new church. Parish school teachers Lillian Taylor, Sister Pauline Joyal and Claire Allard participated in a recent drug abuse prevention workshop.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Vincentian meeting after 9:30 a.m.

Mass Sunday. Pro-life activity night with speakers and video by Father John Powell, SJ, 7:30 p.m. April 7, rectory.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Sacrament of reconciliation for sixth graders 2 p.m. tomorrow, reconciliation rooms in chapel. Parishioners are praying for youngsters preparing for first communion and confirmation. The Children's Liturgy Team is preparing children in grades one through six for presentations on Palm Sunday and Good Friday. RENEW small group facilitators' meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, church basement.

WIDOWED SUPPORT, NB Widowed Support meeting 7:30 p.m. March 14, St. Kilian rectory basement; all widowed welcome; Mary Davis will speak on "New Beginnings'~ information: 998-3269.

LENTEN SPIRITUAL EVENING, CAPE COD .

Program with Felicia McKnight, a Providence religious education director, sponsored by Upper Cape Religious Education Board, 7 p.m.

March 13, St. John Evangelist Church hall, Pocasset.

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ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Ladies ofSt. Anne Sodality meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, parish hall; speakers and slide presentation will address home safety; all welcome. Confirmation II students' day of recollection March 20.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO "A Lenten Pilgrimage" miSSIOn Tuesday through Friday at 12: 10 and 7 p.m. Masses, closing at 7:30 p.m. Mass March 19; preachers: LaSalette Fathers. No 5: 10 p.m.

Mass March 15 through 18. New cancer support group for patients and families meets 7 p.m. Mondays, meeting room beyond Pastoral Counseling Center; information: group leader Father Leo Maxfield, MS, 222-5410. Healing service with Father Richard Lavoie, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday, People's Chapel. Seder meal 7:30 p.m. March 28; information by Monday: 222-5410. "Terre Du Coin Cafe" French-style brunch, speaker, music and prayer informal gathering 9:30 a.m. March 19; the cafe series celebrates the Marian Year and is held the 19th of each. month, anniversary date of Mary's apparition at LaSalette, France; information by tomorrow: Sister Lucille, 222-5410.

HOLY NAME, NB Women's Guild meeting7:30 p.m.

Monday; 'entertainment: "Come to Ireland, The Isle of Memories."

DCCW, DISTRICT III Taunton District Council ofCatholic Women board meeting changed to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Immaculate Conception Church, Taunton; affiliate presidents and past presidents urged to attend.

F AMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH Marriage Encounter begins today.

Bishop Stang High School retreat day Wednesday.

DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, NB New B'edford area support group for divorced and separated Catholics meetings 7 p.m. second Wednesdays and fourth Mondays, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth; March 28: Chris R. Koehler will speak on stress management; April 13: part one, "Making Decisions," of an eightpart University of Massachusetts video series; April 25: Registrar of Taunton Probate Court Robert Peck will speak on divorce proceedings.

MCFL, SWANSEA Swansea chapter Massachusetts Citizens for Life meeting 7 p.m.

Thursday, Swansea Public Library, with guest speaker Eleanor Gagnon, Birthright of Greater Fall River director; all welcome; information: Pauline Desrosiers, 673-4939.

LaSALETTE CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING, ATTLEBORO Retreat for couples married one to 10 years conducted by Father Giles Genest, MS, and team couples April 8 through 10; information: 222-8530.

LENTEN LUNCHEONS Lenten Luncheons '88 program, presented by Catholic Campus Ministry, Southeastern Massachusetts University, N. Dartmouth; themed "Our Baptismal Call: An In-Depth Consideration of Our Christian Vocation," all sessions noon to 1 p.m., Sunset Room East; March21: Father Stephen J. Avila, "Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: We Are All Converts"; March 28: Sister Madeleine Tacy, OP, "Birth to New Life: The Baptismal Theology of Holy Week"; further information: 9998872.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, WESTPORT Women's guild meeting 7 p.m.

March 21, parish center; at 8 p. m. an open program, "AIDS: Fact vs. Fiction," will be presented, including a film, discussion and question period; information: Annie McMahon, 6362817.